Coventry vs Blackpool Predictions

• Fewer than two goals have been scored in three of the last five Coventry home games in the Championship.
• Fewer than two goals have been scored in three of the last six Blackpool away Championship matches.
• Coventry have won two of their last three home games in all competitions 1-0.

Tight contest expected in Coventry

Goals are likely to be scarce when Coventry host Blackpool in a meeting of two clubs that sit five points off the playoff positions on Tuesday. The Sky Blues, who were knocked out of the FA Cup on Saturday after being taken to extra time by Southampton, start the game just ahead of the Seasiders and with two games in hand.

Blackpool joined them on 40 points after earning a third home win on the bounce with a 3-1 victory over Bristol City, but their away form is still unconvincing. Neil Critchley’s side have taken two points from the last 15 on offer and were shut out on the road by both troubled Birmingham City and Derby County during that sorry five-game sequence.

None of the last few Coventry home results scream out goals to you and we believe this matchup will most probably be settled by the first strike on the night. Fewer than two goals have been scored in three of the last five Coventry home games in the Championship, which makes a quote of better than 2/1 about under 1.5 goals quite appealing.

Tangerines could make it tough for hosts

Mark Robins rotated his team at Southampton in an attempt to keep them fresh and will probably recall first-choice defenders Kyle McFadzean and Todd Kane for this one, which could also help in keeping the goalscoring chances down. Blackpool are brimming with confidence after extending their unbeaten Championship run in 2022 to four games and the Tangerines have also shown enough defensive improvements of late to make ‘unders’ a worthy bet.

But the fact that they have only won four of 14 on the road this term – allied to the impressive nine wins from 17 homes that Coventry have accumulated has us leaning towards a 1-0 home win here.